Thursday, March 23, 2006

Where is God When It Hurts?

Rating:★★★★
Category:Books
Genre: Health, Mind & Body
Author:Philip Yancey
From the author of "The Jesus I Never Knew". I borrowed a copy from a friend, and it has been lying in a corner of my room for the past 3 weeks. Picked it up yesterday afternoon, and couldn't put it down till I finished reading it just now.

Yancey wrote this book when he was in his mid 20s in the mid 1970s, to search for an answer to that eternal question, "Why would a Good and Loving God allows us to go through pain and suffering?" Years later, with more knowledge and wisdom, he updated and revised the book in 1990 to address the many important issues that have arisen during that time.

It's a fascinating read, as the book truly open my eyes to an oft-neglected area in my life. Why, indeed, do God allow pain and suffering? Is it a good thing? Why must we suffer from pain? How do we cope with our own pain and that of others? What is the value to suffering? Go and read this modern classic to search your own answers to these questions.

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